Zhang Mengxue left the country after spending Chinese New Year at home and came to find Peis Cheng.

  Pei Su Cheng mentioned canceling the engagement, Zhang Meng Xue didn't say yes or no, only asked: "Why?"

  Paisley said: "I don't want to waste your time, you can see it too, I have no feelings for you."

  This was how Pei Chi spoke habitually, whether it was to Zhang Mengxue or anyone else. He always had a rather cold tone and he had the capital to be proud and aloof.

  Zhang Mengxue knew that Pei Sicheng didn't have feelings for her, but rather he had no feelings for any woman. Previously, Zheng Jiawei had given Zhang Mengxue an idea to wear more revealing clothes to attract Pei Sicheng's attention. However, unfortunately, he just wasn't taking the bait.

  Zheng Jiawei was somewhat surprised: "No way. Pei San isn't gay, is he? With that what's-his-name Gu Qingcheng, I think those two are not normal, the two of them stuck together in the army for two years without leaving each other's side."

  Zhang Mengxue hung her head and didn't utter a word.

  Zheng Jiawei blinked and suggested, "Then you can go abroad to take a look and see what's going on. You are now the legitimate fiancée of Pei Si Cheng, after all, the engagement has been made."

  Engaged... it's really an engagement.

  However, Zhang Mengxue and Zheng Jiawei both knew that at that time, what kind of engagement it was.

  It was because of Zhang Mengxue's mother. In the fourth year of Zhang Mengxue, she was diagnosed with liver cancer in the late stage. Her wish for her lifetime was to see her daughter walk on the red carpet and wear a white wedding dress.

  Because their younger daughter Zhang Menglin was still young, only Zhang Mengxue had a boyfriend. So when Zhang Mengxue graduated, Pei Si came back from abroad and secretly held an engagement ceremony with her.

  Yes, it's a secret.

  Except for a few specific individuals, no one else knew. Because Zhang Mengxue's mother was bedridden and relying on a ventilator to sustain her life, the whole process was recorded by someone using a camera, and then they took the tape to show Zhang Mengxue's mother.

  Gu Qingcheng was also there at the time, and he had already retired from the army.

  Pei Si stepped down due to Pei Linfeng's protection, while Gu Qingcheng withdrew on purpose and was disqualified during a selection exercise. He was then sent directly to the local troops, after which Gu Qingcheng escaped.

  This time's video recording was also a church he helped find.

  Later, after Zhang Menglin's mother watched the wedding video. Two months later, she passed away. Before her death, Zhang's mother drove all her younger daughters out and pulled Pei Si Cheng and Zhang Mengxue to say something.

  She said: "At first, it was I who let you recognize each other. I thought that after a long time, you might be able to like our Meng Xue. Now, seeing the two of you really hand in hand into the church, this mother's heart is truly filled with joy."

  A dying man's words are good.

  Pei did not say anything and did not refute it either.

  Zhang Mengxue sat on the edge of the bed, constantly wiping away tears.

  Zhang Mu's hands were slightly trembling as she stretched out her hand to grab Pei Si Cheng, wanting to put the two of their hands together. Just then, the hospital room door suddenly opened and Gu Qing Cheng said "excuse me" and called out to Pei Si Cheng: "There's an urgent phone call, can you come out for a moment?"

  Pei Si Cheng turned around and said, "Auntie, I'll leave first," and walked out of the hospital room.

  Zhang Mu originally wanted Pei Si Cheng to call her "mom" and truly acknowledge her as his daughter, but until the end of her life, Pei Si Cheng did not utter a word.

  Out of the door, Gu Qingcheng led the way in front, Pei Si Cheng followed behind. After arriving at the safe passage, the two entered one after another. Gu Qingcheng handed a cigarette to Pei Si Cheng, "Is she bothering you again?"

  Pai Si borrowed a cigarette from Gu Qingcheng and lit it, taking a drag. He exhaled the smoke, which curled up in white wisps. "I'm not one to be coerced into doing something I don't want to do."

  Gu Qingcheng understood.

  Now Pei Ci can still accompany Zhang Mengxue to act because his heart is still empty, and no extra person has moved in yet. He just treats Zhang Menglin as a friend and temporarily helps Qi Xuan take care of Zhang Mengxue.

  But that Qi Xuan, really isn't a thing, he's been missing for so many years without a trace, until now not even a shadow of him has been seen, no one knows if he's dead or alive.

  This is a false engagement process.

  However, in the end, it became the most important evidence held by Zhang Mengxue.

  ………………

  Zhang Mengxue came quietly and didn't tell Pei Si Cheng, directly arriving at Pei Si Cheng's residence.

  She had been to Los Angeles once a year ago to see Paisley, so she knew where Paisley's residence was.

  But instead of waiting for Pei Si Cheng, a little girl appeared.

  Song Yuqiao had a high ponytail and was holding something she had just bought from the convenience store, when she saw a woman standing in front of her own door, she was stunned for a moment, and this woman even had black hair, looking like a Chinese person.

  Zhang Mengxue had a pink suitcase in her hand, originally leaning against the suitcase, and only stood up when Song Yuqiao walked over.

  Song Yuqiao walked to the front of the door and deliberately took a look at the number on the door, while Zhang Mengxue standing by the door didn't move either.

  "Excuse me, who are you looking for?"

  Zhang Mengxue said: "I'm looking for Pei Si Cheng, are you housemates with him?"

  Song Yuqiao said: "I'm his girlfriend, would you like to come in and sit down? He's out seeing clients today, so he might be a bit late."

  Zhang Mengxue's face had completely turned icy, her eyes flashing with a venomous resentment that even she herself was unaware of.

  Song Yuqiao thought she had misspoken, since Zhang Mengxue was a friend of Pei Si's, she must treat her well, so she said: "I haven't eaten dinner yet, I bought steak and will make cumin steak later. You just got off the plane, right?" She glanced at Zhang Mengxue's luggage and said, "Come in."

  Song Yuqiao really didn't expect that this time, she was leading the wolf into the house.

  "Are you the hostess?" Zhang Mengxue followed Song Yuqiao in and asked back.

  The hostess?

  Song Yuqiao felt that if it were the hostess, she really couldn't count on her. Pei Chengxuan hadn't promised anything at present, and the two were just in a passionate love affair, feeling indispensable to each other.

  "My name is Xia Chuchu, you can just call me Chuchu, and what's your name?"

  "Meng Xue, Zhang Meng Xue."

  Song Yuqiao was busy in the kitchen, Zhang Mengxue looked around.

  In this house, apart from the master bedroom, there were two extra guest rooms. When Pei Shu came before, she stayed in one of the guest rooms. Now, Zhang Mengxue deliberately went into both guest rooms to take a look and noticed that in the bathroom, on the washbasin, there was only one set of clean, unopened toiletries.

  In the master bedroom, on the washbasin, there were two toothbrush cups and toothbrushes, as well as a female facial cleanser, and a pink comb. The skincare products were all placed to one side.

  Zhang Mengxue took one look and suddenly understood.

  That Xia Chu Chu outside is the reason why Pei Shu Cheng proposed to dissolve their engagement.

  Song Yuqiao made roasted fish and roasted steak, making two flavors, paired with lettuce and cherry tomatoes, brought to the table, and said to Zhang Mengxue: "I don't know how many minutes you want to eat, they are all eight minutes, try it and see how it is?"

  Zhang Mengxue sat upright on the sofa, her legs in a standard seated position, as if she were a president's wife meeting with someone, and said in an extremely arrogant tone: "I've already eaten."

  Song Yu helplessly shrugged and sat down to eat by herself.

  Now there is a small life in her belly, even if she is not hungry, the little life in her belly still needs to eat.

  Song Yuqiao ate while occasionally looking up at Zhang Mengxue sitting on the sofa, was this woman a friend of Pei Si Cheng's?

  ………………

  Actually, Pei Si Cheng wasn't meeting with clients, but rather reaching a cooperative consensus with a bank on their latest loan terms and inquiring about the conditions and limits of loans as a Chinese person.

  Originally thought it was going to be a dinner together, but the bank president had to accompany his daughter for her birthday and left.

  In fact, Pei Shicheng particularly appreciates this kind of businessman. After all, business dealings are important, but family comes first.

  Bai Si Cheng had just wanted to take the key and open the door when the door at home opened.

  He was used to it, Song Yuqiao always had the habit of standing at the door and listening when he was about to go home. As soon as there was any movement, he would immediately open the door and then stick to him like a little cat.

  Song Yuqiao saw Pei Shicheng and directly rushed up to give him a big hug.

  "Brother Pei, have you eaten? I made roasted fish and roasted steak, and also macaroni, but the macaroni is my first time making it, so it doesn't look very good, but the taste is okay," Song Yuqiao loosened Pei Sicheng's collar. "By the way, Brother Pei, your friend has arrived, she seems to have just gotten off a plane, but I asked her what she wanted to eat and she said she already ate."

  Song Yuqiao said, pointing to the figure sitting in the living room and sticking out his tongue.

  Pei's gaze passed over Song Yuqiao's shoulder and also saw Zhang Mengxue sitting on the sofa.

  Zhang Mengxue was still sitting upright, she wasn't the kind of woman who came out of a big wealthy family, but from a young age, her family education was very strict, and she could be considered a refined and elegant lady, plus she had been practicing ballet all along, so she had a certain air about her.

  Pais patted Song Yuqiao's shoulder and said, "I'm hungry, prepare more food for me."

  Song Yuqiao nodded happily: "Good!"

  Song Yuqiao walked into the kitchen, and Pei Chengcai changed into slippers and walked towards Zhang Mengxue.

  "Is it because of her that you want to cancel our engagement?" Zhang Mengxue asked, pointing towards the kitchen.

  In the kitchen, Song Yuqiao was humming a happy tune.

  Pais leaned back on the sofa, "That's a polite way of putting it, we didn't exactly have an engagement."

  Since Zhang Mengxue came straight to the point and asked, Pei Si Cheng also didn't need to beat around the bush.

  Zhang Mengxue stared at Pei Si Cheng for a while, and her eyes were slightly red.

  "All these years, you never liked me a little bit?"

  "No."

  Pei Si Cheng directly refused with two words, he didn't want to get entangled.

  "So, everything is because you took away my first time, so you want to be responsible for me and take care of me for such a long time?"

  Zhang Mengxue's voice rose slightly, and Song Yuqiao, who had just brought out a plate of dishes from the kitchen, heard this sentence from Zhang Mengxue.

  What does "you took my first time" mean?

  Song Yuqiao didn't understand, but she didn't think much about it either. She directly put the dinner plate on the dining table and said, "Brother Pei, come and eat."

  Tears had already rolled down Zhang Mengxue's eyes, and hearing another girl call out "Brother Pei" was even more heart-wrenching. Before Pei Si could say anything, she stood up directly, "I'll leave first."

  Zhang Mengxue rushed directly to the door and went out as soon as she opened it.

  Pei Su then pulled Zhang Mengxue's suitcase and said to Song Yuqiao, "I'll settle her in at the hotel and come back."

  Song Yu nodded slightly and stood by the door, watching as Pei Si Cheng pulled his suitcase onto the elevator.

  She felt a little restless.

  Looking at the steak on the dinner table, my heart skipped a beat, as if I had some kind of premonition, and I rushed to the balcony, gazing down at the floor below.

  Paisley's apartment suite was on the fifth floor.

  In Song Yuqiao's line of sight, she saw Zhang Mengxue crying and running forward, with Pei Si Cheng closely following behind her. However, she suddenly turned around and gave Pei Si Cheng a slap in the face.

  Song Yuqiao jumped up directly.

  How dare you slap my brother Pei's face!

  She thought so and took the key, opened the door and rushed downstairs.

  In fact, Song Yuqiao thought this way just because he wanted to find an excuse for himself to go downstairs.

  However, by the time Song Yuqiao rushed downstairs and ran past the corner of the front floor, he regretted it.

  Because she saw Zhang Mengxue covering her mouth and crying, she suddenly hugged Pei Si Cheng tightly.

  But Pei Si Cheng did not push him away.

  Actually, Zhang Mengxue saw the figure behind him and suddenly hugged Pei Si Cheng, while Pei Si Cheng was facing away from Song Yuqiao and couldn't see.

  Pei Si Cheng didn't push Zhang Meng Xue away because she said: "Let me hug you once, for the first time and also the last."

  It's true that in the years when Pei Si Cheng and Zhang Meng Xue were boyfriend and girlfriend, Pei Si Cheng had never taken the initiative to hold Zhang Meng Xue's hand. Only when other friends and classmates teased them would he push Zhang Meng Xue into his arms, and she would smile shyly.

  It's really harder for Pei Si to take the initiative than climbing to heaven.

  But just now, Zhang Mengxue saw Pei Si Cheng making such intimate movements with Song Yuqiao, and she felt extremely uncomfortable in her heart.

  Since she's uncomfortable, then Xia Chuchu shouldn't think about being comfortable either, let everyone suffer together.

  Pei Cheng sent Zhang Mengxue outside and called a car for her. Zhang Mengxue asked, "Was that just now your new girlfriend?"

  Pei Si Cheng just nodded and turned around to leave.

  Zhang Mengxue clenched her fists.

  Not even a word is willing to say more with me? She felt resentful, why did she spend ten years by Pei Si Cheng's side, but now she had to let him go to another woman? That also depends on whether this woman can snatch him away from her hands!

  Pei Si had cigarettes and a lighter in the pocket of his overcoat. He leaned against the corridor wall outside the door, smoked one cigarette, then dispersed the smell before knocking on the door.

  However, no one came to open the door after knocking for several times.

  Pais Cheng's keys and wallet were all left inside the house. He was in a hurry when he came out to send Zhang Mengxue away, so there was no need to think much about it, as Song Yu had returned home and left the door open for him.

  However, it wasn't until Pei Shichen had pressed the doorbell more than a dozen times that Song Yuqiao finally opened the door from inside.

  "Are you taking a bath? Just..."

  Pei Si Cheng hadn't even finished speaking when Song Yu Qiao turned around and went straight into the master bedroom, slamming the door shut with a loud bang.

  Pei Si furrowed his brow, loosened his tie, and didn't even have time to eat before heading straight into the master bedroom.

  Song Yuqiao lay sideways on the bed with her back to the door, covered with a quilt.

  Pei Si walked over, "Why are you sleeping so early today? Tired?"

  His hand was on Song Yuqiao's shoulder, and Song Yuqiao shifted slightly to the side to avoid it. Pei Si Cheng put his hand back on her shoulder again, but this time Song Yuqiao directly reached out and pulled his hand down, then hummed and covered her head with the quilt.

  Paisong's hand was pulled away by Song Yuqiao, his patience was almost exhausted. Originally, Zhang Mengxue came over without warning today, which made Paisong angry, and now Song Yuqiao is giving him a cold shoulder.

  Women are really hard to coax, they're all the same.

  He stood up and went straight to the bathroom to take a shower after loosening his tie.

  After taking a bath, the inexplicable anger in my heart has dissipated somewhat. I'm now wiping my hair and sitting on the edge of the bed.

  A large bed, which Song Yuqiao was now occupying more than half of in a very domineering manner.

  Song Yuqiao is now upset and has started to act coquettishly, but there's a saying that all women in love hope their boyfriends will pay attention to them, so they make a fuss, or rather, play cute.

  She's doing it on purpose now, wanting to find some sense of existence in front of Pei Si.

  Pei Si Cheng wiped his hair and put the towel aside, looking at Song Yu Qiao still occupying almost the entire bed, he smiled and leaned forward to hug her towards the side of the bed, but Song Yu Qiao directly twisted and pushed Pei Si Cheng backwards.

  Pei Sichen didn't expect Song Yuhe to suddenly push him, and he stumbled backward two steps, his lower back directly colliding with the corner of the table, hurting so much that he furrowed his brow.

  But Song Yuqiao remained motionless on the bed, lying sideways.

  Pei Si Cheng supported his waist and simply opened the cabinet, took out a quilt from inside and moved it to the guest room.

  Song Yuqiao lay sideways on the bed, and tears suddenly fell from her eye sockets, wetting the pillow.

  Her hand was placed on her lower abdomen, and in her heart she said: "Mom, did I do something wrong? I shouldn't have been so stubborn, I should have asked clearly, but I didn't know how to bring it up, and I'm afraid it's true, then I won't be able to follow Brother Pei anymore. I don't want to leave yet, what should I do?

  In the room, a window was open a crack, and the night wind poured in through the gap.

  Pei Si sat on the edge of the bed, opened a new pack of cigarettes, and smoked one after another until he finished the whole pack.

  Then, he went into the bathroom to take a shower and washed away the smell of smoke on his body. He returned to the guest room and sat for a while before running to the small kitchen to eat two steaks. He then carried the quilt back to the master bedroom again.

  Song Yuqiao still didn't make room on the bed, Pei Sicheng shook his head and lay down on the sofa.

  Song Yuqiao's hearing was extremely sensitive, and he heard a faint footstep in the room, then heard the sofa creaking, and knew that Pei Shichen had returned.

  She turned around, took a look at Peisong, who was lying on the sofa with his long arms and legs tucked in, looking very cramped. She pursed her lips and shifted slightly towards the inner side of the bed.

  She wasn't sleepy at first, but when the time came, her eyelids started to droop. Just as she was about to fall asleep, she felt the mattress in front of her sink slightly, and a familiar scent wafted into her nostrils.

  Pei Si turned his head to look at Song Yuqiao's sleeping face and pulled the quilt up for her.

  Actually, in a relationship between boyfriend and girlfriend, an appropriate crisis can strengthen the emotions of both parties and make them more introspective.

  It was from this day on that Pei Si felt he had more than just liked Xia Chuxu, and his heart had added a bit of concern.

  As Xia Chuchu's Song Yuqiao, she has a growing sense of possessiveness towards her Pei brother, and doesn't want any woman to get close to him.

  Because Pei Ge is the father of the child in her belly, her own child can only have one father.

  What kind of thinking is this? Song Yuqiao didn't understand.

  At first, I just wanted to relieve my own helplessness at being betrayed, find someone who understood me, a man who could give her a sense of security. Gradually, I really fell in love with the feeling of being with him, and I wanted to control all his time under my eyes.

  Before falling asleep, Song Yuqiao silently recited in her heart three times: I don't like Zhang Mengxue, I don't like Zhang Mengxue, I don't like Zhang Mengxue.

  Important things are said three times: sleep.

  ………………

  Since Zhang Mengxue has come, she won't leave easily.

  After a while, I found this little girl named Xia Chuchu again.

  She actually called Zheng Jiawei and told her about Xia Chuchu.

  Xia Chuchu was only eighteen or nineteen years old, but Zhang Mengxue was already twenty-six. It can be said that now in front of Pei Si Cheng, the pros and cons will immediately stand out, Zhang Mengxue has taken all the disadvantages, whether it is in terms of age or position in Pei Si Cheng's heart.

  Zheng Jiawei furrowed her brow: "What's wrong with Pei San, I knew it was a bad idea to let him go out, he should have come back earlier."

  Zhang Mengxue didn't say anything.

  Zheng Jiawei comforted Zhang Mengxue: "Don't worry, you are now Pei San's fiancée, we have the video tape as evidence, what can a little girl do? This Xia Chuchu probably didn't know of your existence before?"

  "Maybe," Zhang Mengxue shook her head.

  This point, Zhang Mengxue was also unclear about.

  The tape was originally fake, and the title of fiancée was just a pseudonym, not even qualified as a fiancée.

  She had always thought in her heart that since Pei Si Cheng didn't have any other women, she still had a chance.

  But now, her heart suddenly felt empty, although it was originally empty, and now it collapsed even more.

  "I'm 27 now, and I only have one younger sister to take care of. In a few days when I go back, I'll just find someone to marry, I really don't care about anything else anymore..."

  "Are you getting married?!" Zheng Jiawei suddenly exclaimed.

  Zhang Mengxue shifted her phone slightly to the side, furrowing her brow slightly. Zheng Jiawei's voice was a bit shrill, making her involuntarily rub her ear.

  "If I drag it on any longer, I'll become an old leftover woman, after all, I have to get married."

  Zheng Jiawei said: "You can't just make do, who was it that said they liked Pei Shichen's unwavering heart? Don't forget, from seventeen to now, you've been following him for a whole ten years."

  Zhang Mengxue fell silent.

  Zheng Jiawei said on the other end of the phone: "Since you've already gone to the US, just stay there for a while. First go talk to Xia Chuchu. Although the engagement video is fake, Xia Chuchu doesn't know it's fake. With Pei Si Cheng's personality, he won't explain much either. He always does more than he says."

  Zhang Mengxue thought for a moment, "Alright, then I'll go find Xia Chuchu and talk to her first."

  Before hanging up the phone, Zheng Jiawei hastily stopped Zhang Mengxue: "Mengxue wait a minute, I'll think about it too, and see if we can come up with an excuse to get Pei Si to come back once."

  Zhang Mengxue murmured an "uh-huh".

  Zheng Jiawei said: "Pei San... these years have been without touching you, right?"

  Zhang Mengxue didn't understand why Zheng Jiawei suddenly brought up this topic, but since Zheng Jiawei was her best friend, she told the truth, forcing a bitter smile, "No, nothing has ever happened."

  But now, does it still matter? What's important is from now on.

  ………………

  Song Yuqiao has already asked for a leave of absence on behalf of Pei Sichen, she has been sleeping heavily recently, and sometimes she can sleep for a whole day in a daze.

  She knew it might be a pregnancy issue, but since the morning sickness symptoms weren't too severe, Song Yuqiao hadn't mentioned it to Pei Si Cheng.

  Or maybe she just hasn't found the right moment to speak up yet.

  This morning, Song Yuqiao was brushing his teeth in the bathroom with a toothbrush when he heard the doorbell ringing. He hastily rinsed his mouth and ran to open the door, but unexpectedly, it was Zhang Mengxue standing outside.

  Song Yuqiao felt a little uncomfortable in her heart, but she still smiled and said: "Come to find Brother Pei? He's gone to work."

  Zhang Mengxue looked at Song Yuqiao's delicate smiling face and said: "I'm not looking for him, I'm looking for you."

  Song Yuqiao nodded and stepped aside: "Oh, please come in."

  Zhang Mengxue felt stifled by Song Yuqiao's tone, as if she was proclaiming herself the mistress, but she didn't show it. Now she had to hold her breath, just like Zheng Jiawei said, there was nothing to be afraid of, she was just a 17 or 18-year-old little girl, except for being a bit tender, everything else was still immature.

  Song Yuqiao asked Zhang Mengxue what she wanted to drink. Zhang Mengxue stiffened her tone and said, "I don't want anything to drink, I just came to say a couple of words."

  Song Yuqiao's hand stopped as she opened the refrigerator door, turned around, with her hands behind her back, and smiled: "Alright, what do you want to say?"

  Zhang Mengxue said: "Pei Sicheng is my... boyfriend, I hope you can leave him."

  Zhang Mengxue originally wanted to say that it was her fiancé, but she had always had a knot in her heart. Pei Si had initially agreed to record the engagement video for his mother's sake, and now she didn't want to repay kindness with enmity by taking out this video as a target.

  Song Yuqiao pinched each other's hands behind her back, leaving finger marks.

  The last time she inadvertently heard the sentence from Zhang Mengxue's mouth, she still remembered that it was said that Zhang Mengxue's first time was given to Pei Si Cheng, and because Song Yuqiao had just served the steak on the table, interrupting their conversation, and did not hear Pei Si Cheng's response.

  Song Yuqiao raised her head, still with a bright smile on her face: "I don't believe it, you say you're her girlfriend and that's it? I also say I'm Older Brother Pei's girlfriend."

  Zhang Mengxue said: "Then think about it, Pei Si Cheng is now 27 years old and has never had a girlfriend. Is that possible? I'll tell you the truth, he's not just got me as his girlfriend. When we were in China before, I saw him with other women."

  Zhang Mengxue steeled herself and began to speak without reserve.

  Song Yuqiao is actually 8 or 9 years younger than Zhang Mengxue, what concept is 8 or 9 years old, when Song Yuqiao has not experienced the world, Zhang Mengxue has already stepped into society with one leg.

  Song Yuqiao was still fooled in the end.

  She and Pei Sheng's relationship started from a chance encounter at a cake shop next to Vancouver airport. Neither of them asked about each other's background, she didn't know his family circumstances, he didn't ask about hers either. Even the name Xia Chuchu that she told Pei Sheng was fake. The two were in love, purely because they were two people in love, unrelated to their backgrounds.

  Zhang Mengxue could see that Song Yuqiao was already wavering.

  She said: "Actually, there is a very important way to test whether I am telling the truth or not, that is you disappear for a while and see if he will go look for you."

  This is what Zhang Mengxue thought of on the spot, originating from Zheng Jiawei's words.

  If Xia Chuchu could be made to leave of her own accord, then Pei Su would return home for a trip, Zheng Jiawei would detain him for a while, and when he returned, the whole situation would have changed.

  Song Yuqiao's anger surged up, she walked over and pulled Zhang Mengxue off the sofa, directly pulling her to push her out the door. "Get out! Who let you in? You can leave, I won't believe you! Brother Pei said it was just me alone, he said so!"

  Song Yuqiao couldn't help but be affected by others' clamor, and at this point of shouting, her eyes were already red, with tears welling up.

  Zhang Mengxue was pushed out by Song Yuqiao, almost losing her balance, and leaned against the wall. "You don't believe it? Fine! Are you dare to bet? You silently disappear, see if Pei Si Cheng will look for you! See if you dare to bet?"

  Song Yuqiao slammed the door shut and leaned against it, tears falling pitter-patter down her face.

  She cried for a while, then rushed into the bedroom, took out the pregnancy test stick that was still wrapped in her bag, and ran to the toilet to throw it away.

  She now feels unprecedentedly wronged and helpless, so she calls her sister Song Shuying.

  However, Song Shuying was also busy at that time and didn't have the leisure to comfort her sister. She just said a few words hastily and hung up the phone. If she recalls now, Song Shuying has already forgotten what she said to comfort Song Yuqiao.

  Song Yuqiao didn't tell anyone she was pregnant, neither her mom nor her sister.

  But in the US, abortion is a very sensitive topic and she didn't dare to have an abortion by herself. She stroked her belly, and really had no idea how to properly deal with this sudden little life inside her.

  Song Yuqiao was still young after all, she really packed up her things and stuffed them into a small suitcase, then hid behind the door secretly, waiting for Pei Gege to come back at night, she wanted to take a good look at him and ask out all the questions she had in mind.

  But Pei didn't come back tonight either.

  She sat silently by the bed all night, calling Pei Si Cheng several times, but they were all in a shutdown state.

  My heart hurts.

  Song Yuqiao felt as if a sharp blade had been drawn across her heart, and she winced in pain.

  She didn't think she would love so deeply, maybe not that deeply, just because of the child in her belly and a Zhang Mengxue who suddenly appeared out of nowhere, causing her intense distrust at this moment.

  Furthermore, Pei's overnight absence and not answering her calls made her lose her sense of security, as if she was on the edge of a cliff, surrounded by piercing winds.

  Song Yuqiao thought for an entire night.

  She lay in bed, thinking of Ye Zenan, thinking of Lu Luan, thinking of Zheng Rong.

  She didn't know if Ye Zenan and Lu Lu were still together now or if they were doing well.

  The feelings between He Ye and Ze Nan were actually the cleanest breakup that Song Yu Qiao had ever made, without even a phone call, and she felt that betrayal was just betrayal, and there would be no turning back.

  And this section of feelings with Pei Sheng is what Song Yuqiao finds most difficult to let go.

  I don't know why, maybe it's really that sentence, different experiences lead to different decisions, if I went back to the past, back to the beginning, perhaps the outcome would be completely different.

  The next morning, Song Yuqiao pulled her luggage out of the door quietly, but instead of leaving the key to Pei Shichen's house, she found a red string and put it around her neck. She held it in her palm for a long time until it was warm before letting go and putting it inside her collar. She then walked to the mirror in the entrance hall and burst into a big smile, with her hair tied up in a ponytail at the back of her head.

  If even beautiful love cannot withstand tests, then it is all just a pile of loose sand and will not last long.

  The emotions between Pei Shuai and Song Yuqiao must have been experienced, grown, matured, and withstood the test of wind and rain.

  All I can say is that at first, I was just attracted to the other person. When it was just a good feeling, I took a step further than Lei Chi. Before I fully fell in love, we already had a child.

  Such a process is destined to go through more.

  The door opened and closed again, with the sound of footsteps dragging a suitcase growing fainter and farther away.

  On the door, there is a pink post-it note: "Brother Pei, come find me quickly, I'm waiting for you."

  ………………

  During hypnosis, if the hypnotist has overly aggressive behavior, the hypnosis will automatically stop.

  Dr. Aulic had seen people cry out loud during hypnosis, but it was always from start to finish. This time, Song Yuqiao just shed slow tears and didn't intend to stop, but Xi Mei Yu came in and interrupted him.

  "Let's leave it at that for now, Doctor. You must be tired too."

  Xī Měi Yù looked at her daughter, who was now crying uncontrollably, and couldn't help but sigh. She led Dr. O'Riley into the room, then turned back to glance at Sòng Yú Qiáo lying flat on the bed, and reached out to turn off the wall lamp.

  Dr. Aulic rubbed his brow and said, "Memory may have gone halfway, I also sensed that she had signs of wanting to struggle out of hypnosis, some patients are already half-hypnotized, in fact, the rest of the things have been remembered."

  Xī Měi Yù asked: "Doctor, does that mean Qiao Qiao has remembered everything now?"

  Dr. Oriichi nodded: "Perhaps not all of it has been remembered, but the memories that have been awakened will bring out the memories that are still in the subconscious cerebral cortex."

  ………………

  Pei Si Cheng drove to the address reported by Gu Qing City and arrived at a small apartment.

  There is a car parked downstairs. According to what Gu Qingcheng said on the phone, it's the right door on the third floor.

  The door was unlocked, and Pei Suchen pushed it open with a single push, as Gu Qingcheng had left the door open for him beforehand.

  As I entered the house, the first thing I saw was a woman sitting on the sofa, no longer young, with silver threads mixed in her hair.

  Gu Qingcheng leaned against the door frame on one side, holding a cigarette in his hand and puffing out smoke, making the room hazy with smoke.

  Pei Si furrowed his brow and asked Dong Zhe on one side to open the window.

  "What's something interesting?"

  Gu Qingcheng smiled and shook off the cigarette ash in his hand, "Ask her, a respected doctor who has helped many people. Come, Pei San, let me introduce you to Dr. Jiang. She was the one who did your family's Song Yuqiao's physical examination three years ago. But what's even more interesting is that seven years ago, she also handled the paternity test for your family's Song Yuqiao."

  The woman sitting on the sofa shook, lowered her head, and her shoulders had already begun to tremble. She stuttered for a long time but couldn't say a complete sentence.

  "The Song family... The DNA reports of those kids were done by me..."

  Pei Si raised an eyebrow, and with just this one sentence, based on his experience and understanding of human nature, he immediately grasped the situation.

  Gu Qingcheng shifted his feet, lifted one leg and pressed it against the armrest of the sofa, leaned forward, exhaled a mouthful of smoke, "You had the guts to do it, now you don't have the guts to say it? Tell me everything from start to finish. If there's one sentence that doesn't match what I've investigated, I'll chop off one of your fingers. Let me see how many fingers you have left. Alright, you have ten chances."

  The smoldering cigarette butt in Gu Qingcheng's hand was only two centimeters away from Dr. Jiang's wrist, and if he pressed forward a little more, the skin would be scorched with a hiss.

  Dong Zhe closed the window and walked back, rubbing his nose involuntarily. Gu Lao Da said he wanted to be a civilized person, but now he's become someone who sees blood at every turn.

  Dr. Jiang was trembling all over like a sieve, but forced by Gu Qingcheng's words, his teeth chattered as he opened his mouth.

  From Dr. Jiang's mouth, Pei Si learned about the general situation that year.

  About seven years ago, Song Yuqiao's parents, Xi Mei Yu and Song Hui, divorced. As a result of three paternity tests, it was 100% confirmed that Song Shuying, Song Yuqiao, and Song Yuheng were related by blood. However, the so-called father was not Song Hui, but another man named Su Chao.

  "The paternity test report was fake. Someone found me and offered me 300,000 yuan to help her get three paternity test reports. At that time, I was blinded by the money, and my old father had just been hospitalized due to a sudden cerebral hemorrhage... I'm a scoundrel, I'm not human!"

  Dr. Jiang said, and then started slapping his own face.

  "Who's looking for you?"

  Pei Si raised an eyebrow, he had already guessed why Song Yuqiao's parents would suddenly divorce seven years ago, it must have been because of a similar paternity test result.

  He smiled and walked around the coffee table in front of him, walking towards this doctor.

  "Xu... Xu Yuanyi, we're classmates..."

  Dr. Jiang finally brought Xu Yuanyi out, retreating backward to avoid being burned by the cigarette in Gu Qingcheng's hand. Although this man looked refined and courteous, his aura was really powerful, and now she seemed to be frozen in place, not daring to move at all.

  Pei Si sat down, his legs crossed and tapping on the tea table in front of him. "So I'll ask you, when you did a full-body checkup for Song Yuqiao back then, why did you hide the fact that she had given birth to a child, but instead told Ye Zenan that she was a virgin?"

  "The Ye family only asked if she was a virgin, but didn't ask if she had given birth to children..." Dr. Jiang stuttered, "I'm guilty of sin and want to atone for it. The girl was newly married too, she didn't bring it up, so I covered for her, considering it... an apology to them, wanting to help her..."

  "You're really sentimental," Pei Si sneered: "And then you ran away?"

  Dr. Jiang nodded: "I'm sorry, I really just saw money and got greedy, I don't want to harm anyone now..."

  Gu Qingcheng made a hand gesture in that direction, and someone had already come over to grab the doctor and stood him up, sending him to the next room.

  "What do you plan to do?"

  Pei Si hooked up the corner of his lips, "It seems that there was indeed a hidden story in the Song family back then. This doctor can serve as a human witness."

  "And then there's Su Chao," Gu Qingcheng extinguished the burning cigarette butt in the ashtray, "he's another witness."

  Pei Si hesitated for a moment before slowly opening his mouth: "Is this person fabricated or is he really real?"

  Gu Qingcheng pulled back his legs and sat on the sofa, saying: "Then I'll have to ask your future mother-in-law about that. What was the situation like at the time?"

  ………………

  Pei Su returned to Hua Garden, it was already deep in the night.

  He just realized that hypnosis should have ended, he quietly entered the room, saw Song Yuqiao curled up on the bed, went to the bathroom to take a bath, and then came over to lie beside Song Yuqiao, giving her a goodnight kiss.

  His fingers felt the dampness on Song Yuqiao's cheek.

  Pei Si's back stiffened for a moment, and he called out softly: "Qiao Qiao?"

  Song Yuqiao was already awake, and upon hearing Pei Sucheng's words, he simply opened his eyes directly, using both hands to push Pei Sucheng's shoulders. "You go down."

  Pei Si put his arm around Song Yuqiao's waist, "Hey, it's late, go to sleep."

  Song Yuqiao suddenly lifted up the quilt covering her body, sat up, and put her legs down from the bed. "You won't leave, then I will."

  Pei Si Cheng held Song Yu Qiao back and coaxed: "Alright, alright, I'll go down. You just lie in bed and sleep."

  He wiped away the tears on Song Yuqiao's face with his hand first, then got out of bed. "Now go to sleep, your mom will definitely know about it. We younger ones shouldn't worry the elders, I'll make a bed on the floor, okay?"

  Song Yuqiao was about to put on his slippers and get out of bed, but Pei Shichen hastily gestured for him to stop, grabbing his wrist. "I'll go out now, I'll go to another room, you sleep tight."

  Pei Si got up and took a quilt, walked out of the master bedroom door, and went to Pei Huai Yu's small room next door.

  The little guy who was dazed in his sleep, dreaming that Qiaoqiao had come to sleep with him, nuzzled into Qiaoqiao's arms.

  But why is it so hard?

  Qiao Qiao is very soft, especially the front of her chest is even softer.

  He really wants to drink his mother's milk, but he doesn't have a mother, and has been drinking formula since he was little, so pitiful.

  ………………

  In the morning, Pei Hangyu was woken up by a pressing need to urinate. Without even opening his eyes, he jumped down from the bed and landed with a thud on something hard.

  He dazedly opened his eyes and met his father's gaze head-on.

  The little guy was also confused, and he exchanged a glance with Pei Su Chen. He jumped off the bed and ran towards the bathroom, taking off his shorts as he went. A loud splashing sound came from the bathroom.

  Two seconds later, Bae Ho-young seemed to have come back to his senses, dazed and confused while opening the floodgate, suddenly staring wide-eyed, the water flow stopped, and he didn't even bother to pull up his shorts, turning around and rushing out.

  "Dad, what are you doing on my bed!"

  Bai Si Cheng didn't sleep well all night and only fell asleep near dawn, but was woken up by his own son.

  Bae Ho-young was staring at his dad, and after about ten seconds or so, Bae Su-chul beckoned to his son to come over.

  Bai Haoyu blinked, took two steps forward, and only then felt something was off. His shorts had slipped down to his ankles, revealing his small legs, so he hastily retreated back into the bathroom...

  "Dad, wait for me, I haven't finished peeing yet."

  Pei Si Cheng: “......”

  ………………

  In the morning, Dr. Olich asked Song Yuqiao some questions about his feelings after hypnosis yesterday. Song Yuqiao said: "There's nothing uncomfortable, and everything that should be remembered is remembered."

  Xī Měi Yù glanced at her daughter, originally wanting to say something, but ultimately didn't open her mouth.

  Not to mention Song Yuqiao, even if it's Song Yuheng now, they've all grown up into big kids. Parents will always have a heart for their children's affairs, but most of the problems are still their own. Children's matters should be solved by themselves.

  Xī Měi Yù and Dr. O'Reilly had some breakfast, then called Jessica and went out.

  Bae Ho-young has washed his face and brushed his teeth, and is now sitting at the dinner table eating.

  Song Yuqiao held Pei Hangyu in her arms on the chair and served him a bowl of porridge.

  Bae Se-hee looked at the table and saw that there were no extra bowls or chopsticks, so he went to the kitchen to serve himself some porridge. However, the pot of porridge was already empty, and the sandwiches were all gone too, except for the last one that Bae Ho-young had just grabbed.

  Pei Si carried a refrigerator upstairs, fetched a bowl of water, sat down at the table and watched Pei Huai Yu eat alone.

  Song Yu didn't even glance at Pei Si Cheng, turned around and went straight into the kitchen to clean up.

  The little guy under Paisley's gaze felt very unsteady eating, looking at his old man and then at the sandwich in his hand, only one bite left.

  What's wrong?

  Dad is really pitiful.

  Then, the little guy took a big bite of the remaining small piece of sandwich in his hand, leaving only a piece of toast as small as a fingernail, and stretched out his hand to offer it to Pierce, mumbling: "Dad, you eat mine!"

  “……”

  Pei Si Cheng looked at his son's chubby little hands and turned around to leave the dinner table, walking into the kitchen.

  Song Yuqiao was washing dishes on one side and boiling a bowl of oatmeal porridge on the other. After it was done, he turned off the fire, wiped his hands, and turned around to see Pei Shichen leaning against the wall.

  Pais took two steps forward and sniffed at the oatmeal porridge, "Did you make this?"

  Song Yuqiao took off her apron and hung it on one side, and was about to walk out when she passed by Pei Sicheng.

  Pei Sicheng pulled Song Yuqiao's wrist from behind, turned over Song Yuqiao's shoulder, slightly bent down to align his line of sight with Song Yuqiao's, and asked in a low voice: "Are you angry?"